Although not all there fundraisers will work for individual fundraising, you'll find that some of them will be perfect!

If you are not from the USA or Canada then you should use a Google search below to find a fundraising company in your country...

(A Tip:
Type the name of your local area or country with a plus sign before it,
and then add your search query with a plus sign before it as well. Ex. +france +fundraising product supplier)

Plan And Prepare:

You will then need to plan and prepare your individual fundraising
campaign properly. Know what you need and what you need to organize, and
then draw up a to-do checklist.

Also set a goal of what you would like to fundraise. Having a goal will give you so much direction and extra motivation.

If you have some help, which you will usually need, then assign the jobs out evenly amongst yourself and your helpers... And then get them done on schedule with lots of time to spare; you don't want it to be a big rush at the end!

Promoting:

This is one of the most important parts of your individual fundraising campaign!

Start with word of mouth and post your fundraiser on your website or blog.

Another idea would be to email all your friends and get them to forward it on.

Use social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google + and Pinterest. Consider starting a cause or event page for the fundraiser.

If the fundraiser is a challenge that is really amazing, you could consider a press release and get local newspapers and radio stations involved...

Whatever you do just make sure as many people know about your fundraiser, and how they can help out!

Also
remember that when you're collecting donations you will also be raising
awareness and advertising your cause and fundraiser!

Or you could also use a Supporter Wall App on your website (if you have one). People donate to you by sponsoring blocks on your wall... You raise money and they gain exposure!

Another option for general ongoing donations is PayPal. If you have a website or blog you can put up a simple donations
button, or if not, you can just link to your PayPal donations page
through your emails and your social networking site page (Like
Facebook).

Offline Donations

Offline donations will obviously just be people giving you cash and
checks. Consider putting up a few donations boxes at local
stores/pubs/restaurants etc. (with permission of course).

A great
idea would be to print off a whole lot of donations sheets you can hand
out to friends and family who can then collect donations for you from
their friends.

The donation sheets should take down info like name, email address and amount donated or vouched for.

Thanks And Gratitude:

You must always, ALWAYS make sure you say "thank you" and show your appreciation to everyone who has helped out, given advice, sponsored and attended your fundraisers!

It's so important!

The
first reason being that it's obviously just good manners. Secondly, you
will also increase your chances of having those same people helping out
and supporting the next time you hold a fundraiser...

And lastly, think about how you would feel if you helped someone out and they never said thank you to you!!!

So bottom line... Make sure you say "thank you" and really show your gratitude to everyone!

Updates:

The last thing you should do, especially if it is a personal
fundraiser, is keep people who have supported and helped you updated with
how your fundraising campaign is going.

You should also keep
people updated with how whatever you were fundraising for is going! I
still email all the people who supported me with updates on what I'm
doing in the film industry.

You never know, you may need to fundraise again in the future
and all those supporters will appreciate that you kept in touch and
kept them updated, and will be more likely to help you out again because
of that!

Ending Off:

Remember that the planning of any Individual Fundraiser idea is extremely important... If you are not organised, you will waste much effort!